A different workflow with git patch and static files served over HTTP. Very interesting.

I did not read that but it was shared at Zendesk. Seems like a good read.

A good article presenting a Git branching model for development roadmap

That was driving me crazy. TL;DR

git config --global pager.branch false

Un bouquin en ligne sur Git
– via sebsauvage

Probably another book I should take on

A sarcastic Git man page generator, because you don't even know git

TL;DR

Try using this command:

git update-index --assume-unchanged FILENAME_TO_IGNORE

To reverse it (if you ever want to commit changes to it), use:

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged

List 'assume unchanged' files under current directory:

git ls-files -v | grep -E "^[a-z]"

self-explained

TL;DR Another deep dive into Git